From European glory to breaking the Old Firm’s dominance, Alex Ferguson’s Aberdeen delivered one of the greatest eras in Scottish football history. This is the story of a team that refused to accept its place in the hierarchy.

The Hearts 2005–06 season was Scottish football’s great soap opera. Under the unpredictable Vladimir Romanov, Hearts started fast, changed managers three times, and still finished second — the first club to split the Old Firm in a decade. With Rudi Skacel scoring freely and the chaos never far away, Hearts’ rollercoaster run ended with Scottish Cup glory and a rare moment of revolution at Tynecastle.